Amazon plays down reports it’s pulling Kindle from China

On Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social service, the hashtag associated with Amazon’s potential Kindle exit from the market was read more than 16 million times by Tuesday afternoon. — Photo by Gleyvison Anselmo on Unsplash

Amazon.com Inc brushed off media speculation that it was suspending sales of its Kindle e-reader in China, after some of its signature product’s models went out of stock on Chinese platforms.

“We remain committed to our customers in China,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “Customers can continue to purchase Kindle e-readers from offline and third-party online retailers.”